Facebook’s CAPTCHA system too, over 70% accuracy achieved. A trio of security researchers have devised a new automated attack that can break the CAPTCHA systems employed by Google and Facebook. TheRead More →
This is kind of a big deal because the mess is in 14.04 LTS, expiry date 2019. Ubuntu has patched four Linux kernel vulnerabilities that allowed for arbitrary code execution andRead More →
Brian Farell told feds: “You’re not going to find much of a bigger fish than me.” Last week, a federal judge in Washington formally accepted the guilty plea of Brian Farrell, theRead More →
A huge leak of confidential documents has revealed how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth. Eleven million documents were leaked from one of the world’sRead More →
The fix? No patch, just destroy all extensions. Black Hat Asia The most popular Firefox extensions with millions of active users are open to attacks that can quietly compromise machines andRead More →
The Rokku Ransomware is a new infection currently being spread in email attachments. When infected, a victim’s data files will be encrypted and then ransomed back for .24 bitcoins or approximatelyRead More →
Petya is different from the other popular ransomware these days. Instead of encrypting files one by one, it denies access to the full system by attacking low-level structures on theRead More →
Hacking like in the movies! Sometimes it’s that easy.If you ever want to impress your friends and hack doors with one command and a push of a button, like inRead More →
Chinese state media is full of praise for the hacker accused of stealing a US F-35 Fighter Plane. A state-run media last Wednesday said that spying on the US is aRead More →
Backdoor.Dripion was custom developed, deployed in a highly targeted fashion, and used command and control servers disguised as antivirus company websites. In late August 2015, Symantec identified a previously unknownRead More →
